A little thought for Mister Daniel Gall, who passed away on december the ninth.

Actor and movie dubber, he was notably the french voice of Bill Bixby in The Incredible Hulk, the one of Jerry Orbach in Law & Order, the one of Fritz Wepper in Derrick, and above all the french voice of Duke Fleed in the famous cartoon Ufo Robot Grendizer.

His voice was pleasent to be heard, very warm, and friendly. A good part of our childhood passes with him.

It's a kind of a tradition, we'll have a Spider Woman Christmas drawing for this year again. To be honest, it has been very difficult for me to find a nice idea, Christmas being not a topic really inspiring to me, but I think I hold something very cute, with a little touch of humour, and lightness :)

All I can say is that I have organized a special meeting between european and american comic :)

A very pleasent to draw page, including a small change of universe ! I will propose a variant version later, as I did for the previous pages. A fourth page will conclude this little demo, and you will discover the product made by the company.

It is no use to precise it, but some text will be included in the final product, of course ^^

A little tribute to Bobbie Gentry for this new musical
post. How to talk about Bobbie Gentry... ? Well, I would say that it is like
if Wonder Woman had known how to sing, or if an angel has come down to Earth... :)

We will start by the most famous... the Ode to Billie Joe. In my country, everyone know the extremely famous french version from Joe Dassin, but those who
would not know this original version will tell themselves "Oh sh... this
is this pretty girl the one who sang that ???" Wellll yesss Alligators ! :) )

/ Of course, this version is a cover, the original version of Son of the Preacher Man being owned by Dusty Springfield, like everybody knows :) )Mais on ne va pas s'arrêter en si bon chemin, je vous propose plutôt d'aller voir du côté de l'Appartement 21, qui est ma préférée :) / But we won't stop there, I rather propose you to go to Appartment 21, which is my favourite :)

lundi 3 décembre 2012

I did this Spider-Man study to amuse myself, and to work the character through the notion of lines of motions. Given that I don't draw Spidey often, it is a good training. I guess I'll do something with this one later... :)

Altering the size and the arrangement of the panels gives a spacer and maybe more dynamic composition. The goal is to remain the less boring possible, to valorize a "z" reading direction, and to present to the client the choice between two options...

As I previously told you, I try to keep this demonstration relatively sober.

According to me, spectacular things must be avoided when you deal with a product of communication based on comic art, in order to avoid the dilution of the informative or communicational message, and to not distract the reader's attention. The first page was an exposure, so it was easier to include some "fun stuff" into it, like the helicopter arrival for example. In this second page, we enter into the matter deeper, so I prefer to play it simple. This kind of things must be discussed and decided with the client, anyway, depending on what he needs.

So the result is finally very classical, which is all the same good, and... not good. In the next post, I'll propose a more dynamic variant version, with a reworked composition.

(http://www.gildas-arzel.com) / While we're here, let's play a little Roch... :)This one is the typical cajun song, but it has been written by a french, to be more precise, by a briton from Marseille lol.... Mr Gildas Arzel !

Here
is a demonstration, so I have two purposes in mind : in a general way,
to produce a drawing which speaks by itself, I mean to tell a kind of
"story" that you can understand without any word or narrative captions.
Second, to stay simple and sobre on panels containing explanations, like
4, 5, and 6, and then, to surround these ones by some graphic "fun
stuffs" like the ant view on the helicopter arrival in panel 1, or the
bird's eye view on the last panel,
when the two engineers get out of their work room. These two panels
replying to each other, due to their opposed points of view. In the
first panel, we are impressed by the height of the building, so as by
the company, and in the last panel, we can watch that something is
happening, and we wonder what will be the following.

vendredi 26 octobre 2012

vendredi 19 octobre 2012

Before going further with any kind of new project, I want to offer myself a period of revision of my basics. Some private events having caught my attention recently, I have been obliged to stop drawing for nearly three months. So this coming back is the good moment to check everything, and to see what can be done better.

Then today, I started to re-work my 3D models, and to review the basis for the faces, using photos references, how to do books, and video lessons. I did these four ones, trying to focus on a precise and realistic shape, on easy and less easy angles. Inking them was also the opportunity to use my new killer Pentel Touch felt :)

It's not absolutely perfect, but it's a nice beginning. I'll try to keep "doing my homework" like this and to show you some pieces, when it is nice or interesting.

I'm currently working on a little demo dealing with corporate communication, to attract some potential clients :)

Here is the more or less detailed storyboard of a first page. Four are scheduled. When it deals with serving an educational or communicational purpose, the goal is to focus on clearness, and to produce something easy-to-be read. The graphics have to valorize the message, but they must not distract the reader.

Here is a demonstration, so I have two purposes in mind : in a general way, to produce a drawing which speaks by itself, I mean to tell a kind of "story" that you can understand without any word or narrative captions. Second, to stay simple and sobre on panels containing explanations, like 4, 5, and 6, and then, to surround these ones by some graphic "fun stuffs" like the ant view on the helicopter arrival in panel 1, or the bird's eye view on the last panel, when the two engineers get out of their work room. These two panels replying to each other, due to their opposed points of view. In the first panel, we are impressed by the height of the building, so as by the company, and in the last panel, we can watch that something is happening, and we wonder what will be the following.

vendredi 12 octobre 2012

And this is the beautiful Ms Marvel (and not Miss Marvel as we call her in french) in a modern version her classic red costume. Historically, the character of Carol Danvers apeared in 1968 as a member of the USAF, and her transformation into Ms Marvel came in 1977, when her human genes were mixed with some alien kree ones. The term of "Ms" which can be used to speak to a woman without mentioning if she is single or married has been expressively chosen. The goal was to create a strong heroine who could match with her male collegues.

The character has lived a lot of evolutions since her debut, notably a change of costume in the eighties, replacing red by blue. She became a member of the Avengers, has been linked to the X-Men, and if I remember well, had a cosmic career as Binary, a member of the Starjammers. After, she came back to Earth, and took back her seat in USAF. Recently, she disapeared for a while during the "Dark Reign" saga, and criminal Moonstone took her place under Norman Osborn's head. Moonstone, the "new" Ms Marvel adopted a modern red version of her classic suit.

Having previously drawn her with her blue suit, I chose to dress her in red this time, using this newer version. If my informations are good, this same version is the one that has been used in the second season of the cartoon Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

According to the current rumors, Ms Marvel will take place in the upcoming movie "Guardians of the Galaxy", introducing Thanos, and the second opus of "The Avengers", coming in 2015. No actress has been chosen yet, but a lot of fans express their preference for the heroin of "Chuck", Yvonne Strahovski. I don't watch the show, but having looked at Ms Strahovski pictures, I think it might be the idea of the century. Because she really looks like Carol Danvers !

This post is adressed in priority to the ones who speak french, or understand french language.

Some months ago, I showed here a vid of a document of the french and german channel ARTE, dealing with planned obsolescence. You're invited to click the "Media" tag to find and watch it, if you still have not.

Today, I'd like to propose to you the excellent documentary "Noire Finance" [Dark Finance] which has been recently broadcasted by the channel. It deals with crazy finance, explaining in details its running and the consequences of its consequences.

I usually keep for private my own economic and political opinions, but I think to broadcast this kind of document the most you can is a necessity of public utility. So You're invited to watch it and to show it to the others.

jeudi 30 août 2012

Page # 8
has been drawn on a 17 x 22, which makes the work for composition
easier. However, it makes my work on the shape more difficult and I
prefer to work on a bigger size, or eventually to work each panel
separately.

Page # 9 has been done on a big 17,5 x 24,8, which makes me more comfortable !

Sorry for all the things that disappear, and the alterations in the order of the posts. I'm just arranging my own mess ! :) )

For
those who are interested, this ship does really exist ! She's called
the Grand Princess, and she sails mediterranean sea for Princess Cruise
company. I chose her for my Amazons comic, because she regularly goes
till greek islands, and because her name makes a wink to Diana, who's a
princess too :)

No need to tell it's a true nightmare to hand draw
this kind of things, when you're not familiar with it. And no need to
precise that all that is pure fiction. I'm the last person who
would like to hear about a ship sinking, or about an accident including a
ship.